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We all probably know about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—a cluster of symptoms that a person might suffer after a traumatic event or series of events such as a car crash, a natural disaster, or ...

Officers who incur these injuries while on duty face more than double the risk of developing complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). That's according to a new survey-based study from the ...

When someone you care about has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), it's natural to want to provide comfort. But sometimes, even if a remark is well-intentioned, it can actually be invalidating or ...

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) sounds complicated, but the treatment itself is straightforward.